background: cancer is one of the three health issues of the society and the third cause of mortality in iran. food habits play a significant role in preventing cancer. the present study therefore, was carried out to assess food habits of tehran citizens for cancer prevention. methods: this study is a cross- sectional study was conducted with a sample of 2500 tehran citizens who were recruited t...

OBJECTIVES In this study, we have evaluated the lifetime and past-year prevalence of exposure to physical violence among married women in the city of Tehran and urban and rural areas of Hashtgerd. METHODS The target population were noninstitutionalized female citizens, aged 15 years or older, who have at least one history of marriage and who resided in the capital city of Tehran or Hashtgerd ...

objectives: the awareness of citizens leads to access to their rights. in addition to natural rights (that are noted in many investigations) people have rights that are called social rights. this survey investigates some rights that are related to the responsibilities and missions of urban management. with revising of the notion of active citizenship, citizens need purposive participation. so a...

BACKGROUND Wrong beliefs about risky actions such as sunbathing and tanning are common due to media advertisements or general lack of knowledge. This work has focused on the knowledge and attitude of a group of citizens in Tehran, Iran and the protective actions they take regarding undesirable effects of the sun.    METHODS   A descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study has been conducted on ...

  Status of fish consumption was analyzed by completing the 295 questionnaires in all 22 metropolitan regions of Tehran from different households in 2008. After reviewing the descriptive and statistics analysis along with the non-parametric statistics, the fish consumption per capita was extracted through formulas. The average and mode of purchasing of each household occurs 11 times per year wi...

Abstract Contact with UGS (urban green spaces) is a critical element for urban quality of life and an essential aspect environmental justice, so all citizens should be able to access regardless their social economic condition. In this regard, several studies have shown positive correlation between justice socio-economic status in different contexts. recent decades, Tehran has also experienced m...